On a day when senior CPI (Maoist) leader Mallojula Venugopal Rao, alias Bhupati, and 60 other cadres surrendered in Maharashtra, the Union Home Ministry said the number of Left-Wing Extremism-affected (LWE) districts has now come down to 11 from 18 earlier this year.

The number of “most-affected” districts has reduced from six to three, with Bijapur, Sukma, and Narayanpur districts of Chhattisgarh now falling under the category, the Ministry said on Wednesday.

In 2013, there were 126 LWE-affected districts and following continuous operations, the number was restricted to 18 in April 2025.

Since 2021, more than 100 forward-operating bases or camps of security forces have been established in affected areas, a majority of them in Chhattisgarh, said a senior government official.

Besides

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